Javier Milei Biography Flash: Statistics Chief Quits as Wildfire Crisis and Crime Bill Ignite Argentina Tensions
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Javier Milei Biography Flash: Statistics Chief Quits as Wildfire Crisis and Crime Bill Ignite Argentina Tensions
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# Javier Milei Biography Flash
Argentina's libertarian president has been navigating a perfect storm of crises and controversies in recent days. The most immediate development came just yesterday when Marco Lavagna, director of Argentina's national statistics agency INDEC, resigned after more than six years in the post. According to reporting from Mercopress and Radio Rivadavia, Lavagna's departure came amid disagreements with President Milei over a planned overhaul of the consumer price index. Economy Minister Luis Caputo confirmed that the methodology change would be delayed indefinitely, claiming there was no need to rush the update. The timing is significant because private forecasts collected by Argentina's central bank point to roughly twenty point one percent inflation in twenty twenty six, about double the government's official target of ten point one percent. Critics argue that an outdated inflation basket helps explain why many Argentines feel day to day inflation is higher than official figures suggest.
This statistics controversy arrives as Milei pushes forward with an aggressive legislative agenda during extraordinary Congressional sessions. According to reporting from Buenos Aires Times, the government formally incorporated a bill to lower Argentina's age of criminal responsibility from the current sixteen to either thirteen or fourteen, with some hardliners in Milei's party wanting it pushed even lower to twelve. Security Minister Alejandra Monteoliva defended the initiative, claiming that Argentina is lagging behind other regional nations. Milei himself declared this week that in Argentina, those who commit crimes pay for them, stating, "Adult crime, adult sentence."
Meanwhile, massive wildfires continue ravaging Patagonia as a humanitarian crisis unfolds. According to Latin Times, Milei slashed spending on the National Fire Management Service by eighty percent in twenty twenty four, with another seventy one percent reduction planned for twenty twenty six. For a month as the forests burned, the president said almost nothing. Then last week, as provincial governors pleaded with him to declare a state of emergency, Milei danced onstage with his ex girlfriend to Argentine rock ballads. The split screen image provided his critics with powerful ammunition. On Thursday, Milei relented, decreeing a state of emergency that unlocked seventy million dollars for volunteer firefighters.
On a more positive note for the administration, Santa Fe Province recorded only twelve homicides in January twenty twenty six, marking the lowest level in twenty five years, according to Derecha Diario.
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